The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth: Challenge or Response?

A collection of essays focusing on myth in Judaism from biblical to modern times, this book offers a sense of the great diversity of the Jewish religion. The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth offers a panorama of diverse definitions of myth, understandings of Judaism, and competing evaluations of the “mythic” element in religion. The contributors focus on the problem of defining myth as a category in religious studies, examine modern religion and the role of myth in a “secularized” world, and look at specific cases of Jewish myth from biblical through modern times.